Marty Robbins - Streets Of Laredo Lyrics
As I walked out in the streets of LaredoAs I walked out in Laredo one day.I spied a young cowboy, wrapped all in white linnenWrapped in white linnen, as cold as the clay.Oh beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowlySing the death march as you carry me alongTake me to the valley, there lay the sod ore meIm a young cowboy, and know I've done wrongI see by your outfit that you are a cowboyThese words he did say, as I boldy walked byCome sit down beside me , and hear my sad storyGot shot in the breast, and I know I must dieGo fetch me some water, a cool cup of waterTo cool my parched lips, then the poor cowboy saidBefore I returned, his spirit had liftedHad gone to his maker, the cowboy was deadOh beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowlySing the death march as you carry me alongTake me to the valley, there lay the sod ore meIm a young cowboy, and know I've done wrong